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Professor Marion Thain

Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts & Humanities

  • Chair-Director, Digital Futures Institute
  • Professor of Literature and Culture

Contact details

Biography

Marion Thain began her career as a Junior Research Fellow at Cambridge University, and then worked in English departments at Russell Group universities in the UK, before moving to New York University as a professor of Arts and Literature in the interdisciplinary global liberal arts (Liberal Studies), and Director of Digital Humanities for NYU. She returned to take up the position of Professor of Literature and Culture and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in autumn 2018.

Research Interests and PhD Supervision

  • ‘Lyric’ poetry; poetics; visual arts; interdisciplinary aesthetics
  • Aestheticism, Decadence, and the Fin de Siècle;
  • Technology and the production of cultural knowledge.

Further details can be found at marionthain.org

Teaching

Fields of teaching expertise include: modern poetry; literature and culture 1860-1930; literature, culture and technology.

Expertise and Public Engagement

Marion Thain has appeared on BBC radio 4 and in other public fora; she is happy to speak with the media on issues related to the research interests listed above.

Research

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Centre for Attention Studies

The Centre for Attention Studies studies the concept of attention from a number of combined perspectives.

News

Cuddly 'Purrble' robot visits No. 10 as King's celebrates design exhibition

Design-led research was presented to the Secretary of State for Culture at Downing Street, as the university celebrated the 'Seeking Connection' research...

Purrble No.10 (1)

Digital Futures Institute to help 'understand what it means to live well with technology'

A new institute, due to launch publicly in April, will investigate the relationship between humans and the technologies that have helped extend our capacities...

DFI Story

King's launch next Career Accelerator in UX Design

King’s has launched a new Career Accelerator Programme in UX Design, in partnership with digital education company FourthRev, with applications now open.

KCL UX Design

Environmental Humanities Network launched to address ‘planetary wellbeing'

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities has launched the Environmental Humanities Network aimed at ‘addressing the past and future of the Anthropocene'.

environmental-humanities-network-hero

'The poet hiding a secret' – King's Chapel hosts Veritable Michael

The College Chapel hosted a showing of Veritable Michael, an opera based on the true story of Michael Field - a Victorian poet who was hiding a secret.

Veritable Michael

King's launches first Career Accelerator in Product Management

King’s has launched a new fast track product management programme, in partnership with digital education company FourthRev, with applications now open for...

Person smiling and working on laptop

King's Arts & Humanities maintains 'world-leading' research environment

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities has maintained its ‘world leading’ status in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) - the system for assessing...

Bush House 780440

King's announces new strategic relationship with The Courtauld

King’s today announces a new landmark 10-year strategic relationship with The Courtauld Institute of Art.

Courthauld relationship

King's appoints new Professor of Media Philosophy and Critical Digital Practice in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Joanna Zylinska has been appointed as Professor of Media Philosophy and Critical Digital Practice in the Department of Digital Humanities.

Joanna-Zylinska

Executive Dean of the Faculty gives inaugural lecture

Professor Marion Thain, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities spoke on poetic form and how the arts link to a wider political conversation in 'The Politics...

Marion Thain inaugural lecture

Events

27AprGCIDFI Blend

Discovering our Digital Futures and exploring our Global Cultures

King's is pleased to launch the new Digital Futures Institute and Global Cultures Institute.

Please note: this event has passed.

26AprHEPI Report

Are the humanities in crisis?

Hear about the state of the humanities today and how policymakers can make the most of the sector.

Please note: this event has passed.

11Novveritablemichaelcopy (1)

Veritable Michael - a new opera

‘Veritable Michael’ a new opera by Shadow Opera company.

Please note: this event has passed.

Research

ask-hero-image-4
Centre for Attention Studies

The Centre for Attention Studies studies the concept of attention from a number of combined perspectives.

News

Cuddly 'Purrble' robot visits No. 10 as King's celebrates design exhibition

Design-led research was presented to the Secretary of State for Culture at Downing Street, as the university celebrated the 'Seeking Connection' research...

Purrble No.10 (1)

Digital Futures Institute to help 'understand what it means to live well with technology'

A new institute, due to launch publicly in April, will investigate the relationship between humans and the technologies that have helped extend our capacities...

DFI Story

King's launch next Career Accelerator in UX Design

King’s has launched a new Career Accelerator Programme in UX Design, in partnership with digital education company FourthRev, with applications now open.

KCL UX Design

Environmental Humanities Network launched to address ‘planetary wellbeing'

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities has launched the Environmental Humanities Network aimed at ‘addressing the past and future of the Anthropocene'.

environmental-humanities-network-hero

'The poet hiding a secret' – King's Chapel hosts Veritable Michael

The College Chapel hosted a showing of Veritable Michael, an opera based on the true story of Michael Field - a Victorian poet who was hiding a secret.

Veritable Michael

King's launches first Career Accelerator in Product Management

King’s has launched a new fast track product management programme, in partnership with digital education company FourthRev, with applications now open for...

Person smiling and working on laptop

King's Arts & Humanities maintains 'world-leading' research environment

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities has maintained its ‘world leading’ status in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) - the system for assessing...

Bush House 780440

King's announces new strategic relationship with The Courtauld

King’s today announces a new landmark 10-year strategic relationship with The Courtauld Institute of Art.

Courthauld relationship

King's appoints new Professor of Media Philosophy and Critical Digital Practice in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Joanna Zylinska has been appointed as Professor of Media Philosophy and Critical Digital Practice in the Department of Digital Humanities.

Joanna-Zylinska

Executive Dean of the Faculty gives inaugural lecture

Professor Marion Thain, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities spoke on poetic form and how the arts link to a wider political conversation in 'The Politics...

Marion Thain inaugural lecture

Events

27AprGCIDFI Blend

Discovering our Digital Futures and exploring our Global Cultures

King's is pleased to launch the new Digital Futures Institute and Global Cultures Institute.

Please note: this event has passed.

26AprHEPI Report

Are the humanities in crisis?

Hear about the state of the humanities today and how policymakers can make the most of the sector.

Please note: this event has passed.

11Novveritablemichaelcopy (1)

Veritable Michael - a new opera

‘Veritable Michael’ a new opera by Shadow Opera company.

Please note: this event has passed.